Chewie Training

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning was a bit hectic as there was an issue with getting insurance documents from a patient.  I was working with my tech team to trying to understand what was going on.

Rachel tutored before she went into the school to teach.

While I was making lunch for the boys, the trainer came to work with Chewie.  She's working with him to not get "triggered" by the garage door and the door from the garage into the house.  By that I mean, he gets especially excited when he sees the garage door open because he knows he's going for a walk.  So she spent about 50 minutes with him opening the door and closing the door, etc...  It's good for Chewie.

In the afternoon, Rachel came home and laid down for a bit and then she tutored the rest of the afternoon.  She and Evan left around 5:45 as Evan catching practice and then he was catching bullpen sessions.  Rachel tutors out there so she brings him, tutors him, then picks him up.

For dinner, I made a spicy grilled shrimp which Evan and Rachel had and dirty rice for Noah and me.

The boys are upstairs playing and Rachel and I are about to sit down.

Until next time...

Monday and Tuesday

 Yesterday the dog trainer came around lunchtime.

I Zoom tutored in the afternoon.

Evan's baseball lesson was canceled.

I made salmon for the boys and me and Morry had bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin.

I was up late last night working on lesson plans.

This morning I Zoom tutored in the morning and then went to school.  I stayed an hour after my classes to give a retake quiz to a student.

On my way home I stopped at Dollar Tree to get some prizes for my students.

I had more Zoom tutoring and teacher in this afternoon.  On Tuesdays, I teach a Hebrew class to 6 kids on Outschool.

Today was Noah's day to work on Hebrew with Grandma too.

Evan and Morry went to baseball practice.

When I was done tutoring, Noah and I walked to Grandma and Papa's house to get some food they had for us.  Grandma had ordered smoked whitefish for Yom Kippur and gave some to us.

We had a late dinner at around 9pm when Morry and Evan got home.

Now Morry and I are going to watch some tv and the boys are playing video games.

Dog Trainer

 This morning I dropped Evan off at his friend's house at 8:30am.  They invited him to go on the lake again.  He had a fun time water skiing and surfing.

At noon a dog trainer came.  She's going to be training Chewie on leash walking.  Today was just the initial consultation.  She seemed nice and Chewie liked her and did well.

After that Morry and I took Chewie to the leashless hiking trail at Emma Long.  He had a great time, of course.

On the way home, we stopped at Black Rock Coffee.

Before dinner Morry, Evan, and I went to H-E-B to pick up dinner and groceries for the week.

We ate dinner outside.

Now the boys are playing some until it's time for bed.

Baseball + Pinthouse

 This morning we took it easy.

Morry, Chewie, and I went for a walk.

Around 1:15 Morry and Evan left for Evan's baseball game.  I left a little bit later and met them there.

I had planned to stop by to pick up the race packets for the Cap10k that was canceled in April.  They had packet pick-up for anyone that still wanted the t-shirt and medal.  A friend of mine was going to pick up hers and offered to get ours too, so that was nice.

I stopped at her house on the way home from the baseball game to get the race packets.

For dinner, we picked up Pinthouse Pizza.  Grandma and Papa ordered from there too so we got their food and dropped it off at their house.  We brought Chewie with us and he enjoyed seeing them.

We ate our pizza outside.

Now the boys are playing video games and we will watch a movie.

Very Busy Week

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

It's been a very busy week.  At work I've been very busy as we've been adding new customers and I've been helping the customers and the clinicians.  Also we're trying to raise money right now.  Rachel has been tutoring quite a bit.  All but one tutoring session is online, but still Rachel is busy on top of teaching at school.  The one thing that has made this week a bit easier is that Evan's hitting lesson on Monday and practice on Tuesday were cancelled.

The boys have just finished up their third week of virtual school.  They are doing well.  We're lucky in that the boys are very disciplined and we don't need to micromanage them.  I do think they're learning.  For us, I think the virtual school is going well.

Today, I had a dentist appointment.  I hadn't been to the dentist since last December.  The next appointment was supposed to take place in June but obviously it was delayed.  It went smooth.  Nothing wrong with my teeth.

Today is the 11th anniversary of Rachel's cancer diagnosis.  We always try to do something a little special on this day to really celebrate life.  I couldn't be with Rachel at lunch but on her break between classes she went to the lake and ate her lunch.  For dinner, she felt like Hula Hut so we picked up dinner from there.  She also picked up a cookie cake.

Right now the boys are playing on the Playstation.  We're about to sit down to watch some tv.

Until next time...

More Rain

 Today we had more rain.  It was raining most of the day.

I didn't teach today, so I was home, but I still had tutoring.

For lunch, the kids had pork tenderloin meals we got from H-E-B.

At 4:00 I Zoom tutored a college student.  I have tutored her since she was in middle school and the mom recently contacted me because she needs help with her college Algebra class.

At 5:00 I Zoom tutored the girl whose mom found me on Facebook.  I meet with her twice a week for 30 minutes each.  She's in 8th grade.

After I was done tutoring, Morry and I went to H-E-B to pick up some groceries for the week.

When we got home we got dinner ready. Morry had leftover Chinese food.  I had a chickpeas/rice/cauliflower prepared meal, and the kids had pasta.

Before dinner, Evan and Noah played basketball outside with our new neighbor, Riley who is Noah's age.

Now the boys are playing video games until it's time for bed.